One person was injured in an accident near Coggon on Friday afternoon.
It happened on the northeast side of town at the intersection of Highway 13 and Aldrich Road around 1:30 pm. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says 23-year old Lauren Waldschmidt of Iowa City was driving northbound on Highway 13 when she tried passing a semi. She struck an oncoming vehicle head-on.
The other driver, 66-year old Patricia Houser of Cedar Rapids, was transported to Mercy Hospital with what authorities say appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries.
Waldschmidt was cited for unsafe passing.
